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Engine Flywheel Cleaning and Inspection

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    WARNING: Bodily injury may occur if the cleaning solvent is inhaled or exposed to the skin.
    NOTE: In order to maintain the proper component balance, contact surface taper and heat transfer, manual transmission flywheels are NOT to be machined.
    Fig 1: Engine Flywheel
    GM187014Courtesy of GENERAL MOTORS CORP.
  1. Clean the engine flywheel with solvent.
  2. Dry the engine flywheel with compressed air.
  3. Inspect the engine flywheel for the following:
    • Damaged ring gear teeth
    • Stress cracks around the flywheel-to-crankshaft bolt hole locations